It Looks Like Ruby, But It’s Not: How to Understand Elixir
If you write Ruby, you will eventually get curious about Elixir. The creator of Elixir, José Valim, was a huge figure in the Ruby on Rails community. Because...
Pundit vs CanCanCan vs Action Policy: Which Rails Auth Gem Wins?
Sometimes I find myself starting a new Rails project, and almost immediately, I hit a wall: User Permissions.
Wise Testing: What to Test (and Ignore) as a Solo Rails Developer
Solo founders fail for a completely preventable reason. It’s not because their idea was bad, and it’s not because they couldn’t code. It’s because they spent...
Stop AI Spaghetti: Enforcing Rails Architecture in 2026
We are fully in the era of autonomous coding. If you use tools like Cursor, Windsurf, or Copilot Workspace, you know how fast you can move. You type a prompt...
How to Fix N+1 Queries in Rails Like a Pro
There are Rails applications that run incredibly fast on a developer’s laptop, but the moment they are deployed to production, they crawl to a halt. The page...
Building a World-Class Search Engine in Rails with Searchkick
Stop Using SQL LIKE: A Step-by-Step Guide to Elasticsearch in Rails
The Easiest Way to Add Drag and Drop to Your Rails App
Building Drag and Drop in Rails 8 with SortableJS and Importmaps
AdonisJS vs Ruby on Rails: Which MVC Framework Wins?
Very often I see JavaScript developers getting tired of building backend APIs with Express.js. Express is incredibly fast, but it has zero structure. You hav...
How to Accept Crypto Payments in Your Rails 8 App
When users reach out asking: “Can I pay with Bitcoin or USDC?”
The Ultimate Guide to Universal Linux Apps: Snap, Flatpak, and AppImage
Very often I find myself remembering the “bad old days” of Linux. If you wanted to install a simple app, you had to add a random PPA repository, run apt-get ...
